Science Market Update

UMass Amherst Investigates Breast Cancer Treatments

Posted by Dianna Matyola on Tue, Apr 16, 2019

The University of Massachusetts is investigating better ways to improve risk assessments and take more effective preventative measures for breast cancer. These projects are funded by the NIH and have already been supported with more than $13.5 million. Researchers in the fields of chemical engineering, biology, veterinary and animal science, public health, health sciences, and epidemiology are all part of the effort.

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UMass: $150M Applied Life Sciences Institute & Ongoing Research

Posted by BCI Staff on Thu, Mar 29, 2018

First the ongoing UMass Amherst Research:

These are currently the top funded projects on the UMass Amherst projects:

Project Title

Administering   Group

Funding

USING FMRI TO MEASURE THE NEURAL-LEVEL SIGNALS UNDERLYING POPULATION-LEVEL RESPONSES

NIMH

$2,366,079

CHEMICAL DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS GROWTH AND ANTIBIOTIC RESPONSE     DURING INFECTION

NIAID

$2,330,466

ENDOGENOUS HORMONES AND POSTMENOPAUSAL BREAST CANCER: ETIOLOGIC INSIGHTS AND IMPROVING RISK PREDICTION

NCI

$1,009,278

TARGETING MULTIPLE DISEASES THROUGH GAMMA SECRETASE

NCI

$951,325

DISRUPTION OF PARITY-INDUCED TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PATHWAYS BY XENOESTROGEN EXPOSURES

NIEHS

$710,729

STREAMLINE ASSESSMENT OF EARLY LETHAL PHENOTYPES IN THE MOUSE

NICHD

$664,796

RANDOMIZED LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION IN OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE PREGNANT HISPANIC WOMEN

NIDDK

$611,876

PREDICTORS OF EARLY MENOPAUSE

NICHD

$584,829

PHTHALATE METABOLITES AND BREAST CANCER RISK IN THE WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE

NIEHS

$551,850

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A METABOLOMIC PROFILE OF CHRONIC DISTRESS TO CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK

NIA

$531,453

 

$150 Million The Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) 

The Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) at University of Massachusetts, Amherst is now fully operational and open for use by UMass faculty researchers as well as its industry and academic partners.(for more details see earlier blog UMass, Amherst Opens $150 Million Institute for Applied Life Sciences)

life science institute at UMAss

(Image Courtesy of University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

The institute was first established through a $95 million grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC). An additional $55 million was later invested toward the construction and fit-out of the Life Sciences Laboratories building. This building is designed for interdisciplinary research, student training and large-equipment facilities. IALS also fosters spin-out companies and seeks to become a catalyst for a biotechnology hub in Western Massachusetts.

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Tags: University of Massachusetts Amherst, life sciece markets, Life Science, Amherst, UMASS, life science labs, life science institute

UMass Researcher Granted $2.3M to Study Tuberculosis

Posted by Laura Braden on Fri, Nov 03, 2017

Life science researchers learn about new lab supplies at a past UMass BioResearch Product Faire Event.Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that affects nearly 1/3 of the world's population. Although eradication efforts have been undertaken, none have been successful and TB is still a leading cause around the world. Even though there are treatment methods for this infection, they are not always successful at killing the bacteria that cause TB. This provides life science researchers with more questions and research topics, to better understand the infection and bacteria and what causes treatments to work occasionally, but not always

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Tags: tuberculosis, University of Massachusetts Amherst, new research funding, MA, NIH funding, Amherst, UMASS, 2018, TB Research

UMass, Amherst Opens $150 Million Institute for Applied Life Sciences

Posted by Rebecca Partridge on Tue, Mar 21, 2017

The Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) at University of Massachusetts, Amherst is now fully operational and open for use by UMass faculty researchers as well as its industry and academic partners.

life science institute at UMAss

(Image Courtesy of University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

The institute was first established in 2014 through a $95 million grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC). Mass invested an additional $55 million in toward the construction and fit-out of the Life Sciences Laboratories building. This building is designed for interdisciplinary research, student training and large-equipment facilities. IALS also fosters spin-out companies and seeks to become a catalyst for a biotechnology hub in Western Massachusetts.

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Tags: University of Massachusetts Amherst, life sciece markets, Life Science, Amherst, UMASS, life science labs, life science institute

University of Massachusetts: $4M Grant for Plant Stem Cell Research

Posted by Emily Olson on Mon, Dec 19, 2016

Dr. Madelaine Bartlett, a biologist at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, recently received a four-year $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The new research funding will allow Barlett and colleagues from UMass and other institutions to study the genes that regulate plant stem cell biology and their effect on fruit size and yield.

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Tags: Stem cell research, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Massachusetts, agriculture, new research funding, Massachusetts, agricultural, MA, Northeast Region, UMASS, new research grant, NSF funding, NSF grant, NSF award, Plant Biology, agricultural business, agribusiness

Research Grant to UMass to Help Uncover How the Brain Works

Posted by Rebecca Partridge on Thu, Jun 02, 2016

UMass Grant for Brain Study

(Image of brain by functional MRI via Wikimedia Commons)

Cognitive neurologist, Rosie Cowell of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst received a nearly $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The funding will be used to develop and test her theory of how fine-grained visual perception interacts with the area of the brain critical to memory.

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Tags: University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Massachusetts, Bioresearch event, brain research, MA, research grant, Amherst, UMASS, Bioreseach, 2016, fMRI, Rosie Cowell

Understanding Bacterial Growth Research at UMass

Posted by Katheryn Rein on Mon, May 23, 2016

Bacteria research has become an increasingly important focus for researchers in the biomedical community as of late. From studying antibiotic resistant superbugs at UCSD to investigating bacterial diversity at Rutgers University, researchers are using these microscopic organisms to provide insight into diseases that plague our society.

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Tags: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, MA, UMASS, Bacteria, Bacterial Cell Research

UMass Researchers & Ebola: A New Treatment Strategy

Posted by Katheryn Rein on Mon, Apr 11, 2016

A multi-institute research team, including scientists from MassBiologics at the University of Massachusetts, may have found the key to successfully treating and vaccinating against one of this decade's most famously lethal diseases: Ebola

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Tags: University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, MA, UMASS, virus, 2016, ebola

UMass Harvests $1.5M from USDA for Food Science Bioresearch

Posted by Robert Larkin on Tue, May 12, 2015

vegetablesResearchers at University of Massachusetts, Amherst are reaping the rewards of breakthrough food science research, in the form of USDA grants totaling over $1.5 million.

As part of an ongoing effort to improve the quality and safety of food products in the United States, researchers at UMass, Amherst have received three-year grants to continue work on innovative projects.  Read More

Tags: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, USDA, 2015, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Research Funding, MA, research grants, Amherst, UMASS

UMass Researchers Hook nearly $1M for Research on the Hookworm Genome

Posted by Robert Larkin on Tue, Apr 07, 2015

Hookworm_larvaGResearchers at the University of Massachusetts are taking on a parasite that continues to wreak havoc in tropical climates and developing countries.

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Tags: Medical Research, University of Massachusetts Amherst, infectious diseases, Trade Show Calendar, 2015, BioResearch Product Faire Event, MA, Amherst, UMASS

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